profit margin

noun

: the difference between the cost of buying or making something and the price at which it is sold

The company has one of the highest/lowest profit margins in the industry.

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Factors that drove changes in Wheaton’s stock over the last year Some of the increase of the last year is justified by the 38% year-over-year rise in revenue in Q3 of 2024 to $308 million, and the maintenance of a high gross profit margin. —

Trefis Team, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 The company reported a gross profit margin from home sales of 22.7%, slightly down from 22.9% in the previous year. —

Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 23 Jan. 2025 Alternatively, the importer may absorb part of the cost by reducing its own profit margin. —

Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 21 Jan. 2025 The tax, which can take a bite out of the importer’s profit margin, can be avoided by switching to a domestic supply chain, or it can be passed along to a retailer in the form of a price increase. —

Tobias Burns, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for profit margin